Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25

AAo'i a. TIE forenoon sessions
Inc time for the reception of petition. and
OILS Tor private or special legislation has beer
limited to Monday the 3lst inst
Mr.. Geo H. Gilman of Houlton wbo h..
oeen IN the city of late. i. opposed to the
proposed new railroad through Aroostook
county he thinks it would be an injury to
MS town In his opinion it would have a
tendency to divert much OF the trade and
business which comes to Houlton from the
adJacent rural districts in another direction
Ii VIII not be forgotten that in the Senat.
at the last session of the legislature Mr.
Leoroke of Foxcroft frequently favored ap.
preparations in his able way while Mr..
Marble, now President of the Senate. onnosed
some of them. Finally resolve was intro.
duced appropriating a small sum for the i'm
provement of pond down in Lincoln county.
The eminent senator from Waldoboro favored
II the measure coming from one of his con
stituents. For while it was a question
whether the gentleman from Foxcroft wopld
advocate it or not. After some deliberation.
however, he gave it his strongest SUPPORT.
and at the time it was remarked that the
meeting between the two senators was like
that Of Pontius Plate and Herod at the cru.
clhxion. One day recently President Marble
procured public document, placed it in a
wrapper and forwarded it to his esteemed
foxcroft friend, previously, however. as a
reminder of old times nscribing on the fiy
leaf in neat, legible hand the inscription,
From Pontius PLATE to Herol"
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Manley intro
duced An act entitled IAN act for the better
supervision of the schools of the CITY of
Augusta into the House. 1t is as follows:
SEC. !. whenever the school districts shall have
been abolished in the city of Augusta, the Citv
council may elect school committee of seven me m
oers, Two Tor one year. two for two years and three
three years IRON the 3st day March in the
current municipal year. Vacancies thereafter oc
curing Dy reason of expiration of term of service
shali be led by election for three years and vacan
ies otnerwse occurring by election fer the remain.
der OF the unexpired term.
SEC ?. Said committee shall elect a chairman
annually, ana Secretary when there is Superin.
tehd mt OF Schools and may adopt such by laws and
regulations as are not nconsis tent with the laws OF
the state.
SEC. 3. Said committee may elect. annually a
Superintendent of Schools, who shall be the execu.
tive ohcer of the committee and its secretary: and
shaii iix MS salary which shall be paid by the Civ
treasurer IN the same manner the salaries of
teachers In case of the election of one of their own
members as Superintendent of Schools he shall
cease 10 be member of the committee, and the
vacancy thereby arising shall be filled as before pre-.
vlded When Superintendent of schools is elected
the members of the committee shall receive no com
pensation tor their services.
Senator Heath presented a new labor bill
to the Senate yesterday. 1t embraces the
many features Of the bill offered in the same
branch last week, making numerous changes,
however, with view of strengthening it, 1t
provides that men, women and children shall
be included in the ten-h hour law; makes the
first commissioner of labor an officer ap-
pointed by the Governor and subsequently
| elected by the people at their biennial cleo
tons, dispensing with the election within
thirty days from the time the bill becomes a
law, as provided in the other Senate bills ;
makes a certificate of chld's age given bv
a parent or guardian prina tdcie evidence of
age instead OF conclusive; makes the choosing
Of the deputies fall upon the towns which
shall furnish com ,en~stlon instead of the
State. Especial pains was taken in drawing
the bill so that if it becomes law it could be
enforced without difficulty. it being said that
there were imperfectons in the other bills in
this respect. Mr.. Heath proposes to vigor-
ously support his bill.
w. w. Bolster, r. X. Benner, Arthur B.
Latham, f. P. Wentworth. James Meserve,
Charles A. Munson, Albert T. Gamble and
| Nathaniel S. Green petition to be incor-
porated into the Maine Mortgage, Loan and
Investment Company.
The act introduced in the House yester-
day relative to drunkenness provides that the
penalty for inebriation shall be fines instead
of i'm prisonment as at present. Hon. j. w.
Porter of Bangor, presents communication
with the act in which he expresses the belief
that the law substituting imprisonment for
| fines has proved failure.
The act entitled an act to regulate the ex
ercise of the rights of eminent domain, pro-
vides that where corporations cannot agree
with the owners of land, water rights, ETC.,
relative to damages, three disinterested COM
missionsrs shall be appointed by the court,
who shall determine what seems to be fair to
the owners and report to the court their de-
termination. After the time when the report
is received, either party may claim trial by
jury. At such trail the report of such COM
missoners shall be prima facia evidence of
the facts therein, If the amount of the price
fixed or damages assessed is less than the
amount offered by such corporation, such
corporation RECEIVERS costs against the respon-
dents, otherwise the respondent RECEIVERS
costs.
THE COMMITTEES.
What was Done at Yesterdays Meeting.